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Top names in Alaska

The names most likely to appear on 1938 Alaska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 645 Alaska births in 1938 across 76 distinct names.

Distinctively Alaska

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Alaska more than they say America.

#38Gabrieloutside the national top 200
#22Gertrude#172 nationally
#19Agnes#157 nationally
#31Mike#154 nationally
#16Katherine#105 nationally
#23Arnold#111 nationally
#28Bernice#112 nationally
#15Florence#90 nationally
#42Victor#117 nationally
#29Grace#100 nationally
#41Herman#108 nationally
#36Franklin#100 nationally

Girls

#1Mary36US #1
#2Alice14US #29
#3Carol14US #6
#4Marie13US #37
#5Patricia11US #3
#6Betty10US #4
#7Barbara9US #2
#8Shirley9US #5
#9Annie8US #47
#10Evelyn8US #38
#11Nancy8US #7
#12Ruth8US #21
#13Virginia8US #22
#14Beverly7US #18
#15Florence7US #90
#16Katherine7US #105
#17Marjorie7US #53
#18Rose7US #39
#19Agnes6US #157
#20Dorothy6US #8
#21Elizabeth6US #17
#22Gertrude6US #172
#23Helen6US #13
#24Jean6US #27
#25Lillian6US #88
#26Louise6US #59
#27Margaret6US #9
#28Bernice5US #112
#29Grace5US #100
#30Josephine5US #83
#31Joyce5US #11
#32Rosemary5US #95
#33Sandra5US #14
#34Sylvia5US #56

Boys

#1Robert27US #1
#2John24US #3
#3William22US #4
#4Edward15US #13
#5Richard14US #5
#6Albert12US #37
#7James12US #2
#8Peter11US #48
#9Charles10US #6
#10David10US #8
#11Carl9US #29
#12George9US #11
#13Thomas9US #9
#14Walter9US #26
#15Jack8US #25
#16Joe8US #28
#17Joseph8US #12
#18Raymond8US #20
#19Donald7US #7
#20Frank7US #18
#21Kenneth7US #14
#22Paul7US #15
#23Arnold6US #111
#24Billy6US #24
#25Daniel6US #39
#26Fred6US #38
#27Gerald6US #19
#28Harold6US #23
#29Henry6US #30
#30Martin6US #87
#31Mike6US #154
#32Patrick6US #88
#33Philip6US #64
#34Ralph6US #35
#35Bill5US #67
#36Franklin5US #100
#37Frederick5US #71
#38Gabriel5
#39Gary5US #22
#40Glenn5US #83
#41Herman5US #108
#42Victor5US #117

On the move since 1937

Rising

↑17Edward#4
↑12Patricia#5
↑12Florence#15
↑12Thomas#13
↑11Marie#4
↑11Nancy#11
↑9Carl#11
↑6Helen#23

Falling

↓25Margaret#27
↓17Ralph#34
↓15Paul#22
↓10Victor#42
↓9George#12
↓8Virginia#13
↓8Joseph#17
↓7Henry#29

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1937 rankings.